In Kirkuk City, Iraq, groundwater pollution is increasingly a problem due to intense urbanization, population growth, and unregulated water well drilling. Although the systematic assessment of groundwater pollution is essential to domestic and agricultural applications, the systematic analysis of its contamination has not been conducted, and the cu...

By Amel Nashat Shakir, Omar Falah Mirdan, Arjan Sharfuldeen Omar

The growing recognition of Psychological Science education as a domain that demands higher-level thinking has revealed that students still exhibit chronic shortcomings in self-regulated learning (SRL) and critical thinking. Reports indicate that about 42% of undergraduate psychology students have low metacognitive monitoring accuracy, and more than...

By Nodira Fazilova, Khurshida Komilova, Olmos Avezov, Fatima Nazarova, Salima Akhmedova, Muzaffar Xaydarov, Rano Alimardanova

In this study, the authors examine how journalism affects the societal awareness regarding 2D nanomaterials and their use in photocatalysis, using the content of the press from 2000 to 2025. The analytical approach and historical approach of the study help them to comprehensively examine a variety of sources, such as newspapers, archival repositori...

By Ala'a A. Al-Majdi, Safaa M. Almudhafar

The application of sand as shell materials in zoned earth dams is common due to its availability and economic factors. Nevertheless, it is necessary to analyze the performance of such materials under the simultaneous effect of seepage and earthquake loads, especially when the core of the structure is formed from low permeable materials. The present...

By Hussein Jassim Abdulsameea, Saleh Issa Khassaf

Background: The social media engagement has become a crucial ingredient of customer perception in the hospitality industry, especially in budget segments where online reviews make a lot of difference in their decision-making. By understanding the impact of engagement metrics on perceived value and revisit intention, hotel managers can gain insights...

By J. Jacquline Martina, S. Senthil Kumar, K. Nazni, K. Subathra

The study seeks to identify the joint effect of financial, operating, and governance features on the cash levels of retail firms listed in Vietnam. Instead of viewing the cash policy as a one-time decision that determines the cash balance, we model the cash level as a dynamic process where the current level is a function of past periods' cash level...

By Hien Nguyen Thi Bao, Sang Ha Van, Hoa Pham Thi Thanh

This paper examines the determinants of capital buffers (CB) of 31 Vietnamese commercial banks over the period 2010-2024, taking into account the impact of income diversification ("DIV") under regulatory constraints (CARmin). In order to tackle endogeneity, unobservable heterogeneity, and panel persistence issues, a dynamic system GMM two-step proc...

By Tran Van Hai, Tran Thi Lan, Nguyen Anh Nguyet

The Indian startup environment is both volatile and fast-paced, requiring the project management models to be both fast and scalable. Although Agile tools are widely used, most ventures fail to realize the implementation of technical features into business expansion. The crux of the matter is a Hierarchy where a traditional top-down management stru...

By Ashish Kumar Sahu, Shilpi Nishant Tanwani

Purpose: The study aims to establish the connection between green entrepreneurship variables, environmental management, green technologies, green commitment of individuals, and the environmentally sustainable workforce, and the performance of internationalization of the SME in China. It further examines the mediating position of eco-...

By Wang Jing Hui, Noor Afzainiza Afendi, Muhamad Ali Imran Bin Kamarudin

Within the database infrastructures of large-scale enterprises and government organizations, preserving swift and dependable disaster recovery processes continues to be particularly challenging with increasing data volumes and greater complexity in systems. This study conducts an evaluative analysis of advanced failover and backup methods, comparin...

By Harsha Vardhan Reddy Kavuluri